Her ‘wich came true

Maura D’Auria, manager at Make and Take Gourmet at the Crossings Plaza in Clifton Park, couldn’t stand it anymore.

People kept coming in to the make-your-own-dinner store and asking for sandwiches. And D’Auria had to keep saying no.

“I said to the owner, ‘Listen, every time somebody walks out, you’re losing money,’ ” she said. So owners Lisa and Brian Clark responded by adding sandwiches, just in time for track
season.

The store now is offering the meals, either by themselves for $5 or in a box lunch for $7.50. They can be ordered ahead or made while you wait. (Unlike the dinners, customers cannot
make the sandwiches themselves.)

So far, the sandwiches are going over well, D’Auria said.

There was only one problem. When the meals were unveiled on Wednesday, D’Auria said she couldn’t wait for the first customer to come in and ask for a sandwich.